As the United States disarms, our enemies are getting stronger. Cold war hangover.

Whether Obama accepts our position in the world or not does really not matter. The questions posed in this article are core to the survival and continued postion of the United States as the #1 nuclear power in the world. As Obama pursues scaling back, the downgrading of our ability to attack and defend our enemies and allies is approaching critical mass. Russia and China are accelearting their efforts as we go in the opposite direction. The White House is not "overly concerned." Well, I am very concerned and you should be to.


Stagnation Threatens U.S. Arms Superiority
By Ilan Berman
Defense News

Published: 4 January 2010

A funny thing happened in the skies over Norway last month. On Dec. 10, as U.S. President Barack Obama geared up to deliver his acceptance speech before the Nobel Prize Committee in Oslo, spectators outdoors were treated to a spectacular display of spiraling light. The cause was not a UFO, as some contended, but a failed test of the Bulava, Russia's newest sea-launched intercontinental ballistic missile.

The episode was a telling reminder of the shifting strategic balance between Washington and the rest of the world. To understand the significance, one need look no further than Russia's military modernization program. That initiative, launched in the early days of Vladimir Putin's presidency, has charted major gains over the past decade under the watchful eye of Putin (now prime minister) and his handpicked protégé, President Dmitry Medvedev.

And while the effort is certainly not perfect, as the latest failure of the Bulava underscores, Russia can now boast upgrades to every leg of its strategic triad (submarines, bombers and ballistic missiles). In addition, Russia has made progress on advanced technologies related to missile countermeasures, hypersonic glide vehicles and electro-magnetic pulse - all systems designed to defeat U.S. defenses.

Nor is Russia alone. Over the past two decades, China has embarked upon a massive, multispectrum military modernization. The most immediate goal is to increase China's ability to dominate Taiwan in the event of a conflict, but the threat posed by this effort extends far beyond the Asia-Pacific.

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